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Separate Keitai – Literally Two Phones in One

by Jay Garrett on February 6, 2010

I tend to get quite blasé these days when I read about another new Japanese mobile phone.

Well, I expect large OLED screens, 12MP cameras minimum, Blu-ray recorder connectivity, double digital TV tuners, 3D holographic displays – you know, the usual ;)

Let’s face it though – until you read the spec-sheet they all look the same – generally clamshell phones.

This is why the Fujitsu’s F-04B is noteworthy. It’s the first to feature a two-module body.

That’s right my gadgety friends. The ‘Separate Keitai’ (Keitai means handset in Japanese) has the ability to split into 2 parts which can be used independently (a keyboard section and a display slate).

One part features a 3.4 inch touchscreen with a 12.2MP camera (there’s also an inner camera), acceleration sensor, Blu-ray recorder connectivity, e-wallet function, etc.

Whilst the section has a full numeric/QWERTY keyboard with a geomagnetic as well as an acceleration sensor.

The two bits are joined by a magnet and connected via Bluetooth.

Fujitsu says that this cleverness is designed as to allow users to send or receive mails while talking on the phone.

During video calls, users can keep the keyboard section to their ear while holding the display slate at a distance – neat huh?

When horizontally attached, the touchscreen will switch to character entry mode or display a “virtual” game pad so that users can write emails or play games – yup, the keyboard can be used as a game controller, too.

I love this bit. I know that there’s those of you that have to stand in a certain area of your home to get a decent signal – well with the Seperate Keitai you can leave the display section in the bit that gets a good signal and, as long as you’re no further than 10m away, talk via the keyboard part from the comfort of your sofa.

Fujitsu says that you should get around 2,000 hours of standby and 500 minutes of continuous talk! That’s three-times as much as the Japanese are currently used to from their hi-tech mobiles.

There’s already Bluetooth accessories being dreamed up for the device – for example a mini projector that could be remote-controlled with the keyboard section.

The Seperate Keitai will appear in NTT Docomo’s winter line-up and appear on shop shelves in Japan around March/April time.

The best bit – it’ll only cost £380! That’s for two phones really when you think about it :)

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Come Touch My Wood, Put it Against Your Face Then Make a Call

by Jay Garrett on September 28, 2009

Touch WoodJapan is the home of cool tech – that’s pretty much a given.

Japanese network DoCoMo has come up with some rather funky things in its time and its latest range is no exception.

We’ve seen laptops made from bamboo and the such but no-one seems to have tackled the mobile phone.

DoCoMo is getting all green by carving some prototype mobiles from surplus timber left over from trees culled during thinning to help maintain healthy forests.

The prototype is called Touch Wood.

Errrrrm……… yeah.

It’s made using a special three-dimensional compression moulding technique that makes it especially durable.

Regular wood wears out too quickly to use in devices such as mobile phones and could result in splinters in the trouser department! Ouchies!

Each Touch Wood handset has its own unique grain patterns and markings.

The process also doesn’t use any artificial colours of paints, so the handset retains the wood’s natural appearance and lovely woody smell.

Want wood? Get Wood.

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NEC Add SRS To Their N Series Mobile Phones

January 22, 2009 Click to read more →

The days of sharing your conversations with everyone could soon be at an end.
NEC has just announced the world’s first mobile phones with ‘audio enriching’ and noise-cancelling SRS TruMedia built-in.
With what the techies call an active ambient noise management system: TruMedia allows users to be better heard and to heard.
In normal listening environments it’s said [...]

Fujitsu F-01A Waterproof Fingerprint Secure Mobile Phone

January 20, 2009 Click to read more →

Take no phones into the shower?
How about this little folder?
No need to miss that call – just grab the Fujitsu Japan the F-01A and a loofah!
The F-01A is apparently the world’s first mobile phone that’s waterproof – and also has a fingerprint biometric security thingy.
In Nippon, it’s part of the line-up of NTT DoCoMo, the country’s biggest telecommunications [...]

Kids Get Phone of their own

December 11, 2007 Click to read more →

I’ve just been sent a copy of the NTT DoCoMo press release. Oh joy – they’ve designed a mobile especially for the ankle-biters.
Before you start the rant they’re aiming it at the “child in an emergency” situation to help parents part with their hard-earned and quite convincingly I might add.  Have a read of this.
In an [...]